peccavisse

Updated: May 2, 2025

And hence Mr. Fox said that he thanked God more for his sins than for his good works. And the reason is, God will have His name." And, last, but not least, listen to our old acquaintance, James Fraser of Brea: "I find advantages by my sins: 'Peccare nocet, peccavisse vero juvat. I may say, as Mr. Fox said, my sins have, in a manner, done me more good than my graces.

Alexander Whyte - Bunyan Characters (2nd Series)